Recent content by myerardi

I have had Adelphia HD for some time. Just today I picked up the new HD DVR. I asked th CSR if the firewire was active, he felt sure it was. I picked up a firewire cable at Radio Shack. I hooked the DVR to my JVC HD VCR. My Mitsubishi immediately recognized the device as a firewire device!! So...

I too would like to thank Robert at Value Electronics for his help. He got me a great deal on a 10-250 receiver. Everything was installed yesterday!! While D* HD programming is pretty puny, I can at least time-shift. Thanks, Robert !!!

I was quoted 19.99 for three months, dicounted, not free HD pack. I was told that the $149.00 installation fee was because I wanted the 942. However if you order on line the installation fee for the 942 is $49.00. of course you still have to pay the $249 for the 942. My entire point, that may...

I just spoke with a csr at Dish who basically offered what anyone can get online. They do offer a discounted rate for the first 6 months, but they charge $149 activation fee, whereas online its $49. The whole encounter left me with a bad taste. Dish is not offering anything special to voomers.In...

I too am looking for an HD provider now that Voom went belly up. I dropped D* about one year ago. I think I am going to go with D* based mostly on future expectations. I had a local dealer quote $1500.00 to install the D* HD-DVR receiver. Does that seem to be areasonable price or am I taking it...

Getting sick of Voom!! Sean, thanks for the welcome. Signal strength when it lasted rained was 58-62. Last night with no audio or video was 92-96.After the SR told me about the sleep mode I have been using it at night. Nothing has happened to improve my problems. A service call has been set...

I don't usually respond to many forums. I prefer to read and learn from what others say. However, I am getting so sick of not getting a consistantly good picture and audio. I work 12 hour shifts, so several days may pass without me turning it on. But EVERY time I do there is a problem! Two...